Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-01
"a WORD" ONLY "a WORD"
from a Citizen Of Wichita to His Fellows

To the Editor OF The Eagle.
Sundays EAGLE was welcome sheet.
1 ''wot' that many "church goer" had
worldly thought as he caught a
glimpse of the ''hog."
Our hog, we bought him, paid for him
and he is ''ours."
The future of Wichita-whO can say
whether this ''pork-packing" is 1.-THE end
of beginning" or the beginning of a
glorious, yet far off ending?'
Al Thomas remark that he would never
ask the men of Wichita to subscribe again
if they would respond to the present call,
may be pardoned if he never repeats it;
if he repeats it we must kill him, because
it is treason and means the end of glori-
GUS beginning for Wichita. The remark
was make twenty times on Sunday, that
1--WE CWichita) are now fixed Let the
next pork packer come or stay away, as
he sees fit. We are done with bonuses. :"
More treason, more end of glorious be-
ginning. . These, and kindred thoughts
are symtomatic of dry-rotism and must
be banished, crushed, ostracised.
There is nothing so successful as
success. Nothing so intoxicating as
success. Our military heroes exercised
greater caution and vigilance in the hour
of success than at any other time, be-
cause in that hour men become careless,
abandon their asms and seek repoSe. Sue
cessful armies get routed sometimes by
reason of feeling that they are invincl-
BILE. by reason of contempt for an enemy,
and the successful enemy may be the
only one that needed careful watching.
Hence, we, ''Wichita," must not let our
present success cause us to withdraw the
picket line, but on the o4her hand let us
double the pickets and put none but
Wichitans ON guard.
''Let every man be occupied in pro-
noting our intesests to the best OF his
ability as nature hath endowed him, and
die with the consciousness that he has
done his BEST" were the words once adj
dressed to the English nation. This adj
is worthy of quotation, worthy
Of emulation, noble in precept and superb
IN practice.
l assert that every man who gave to
bold & Son feels better than his neighbor
IF equal wealth, who withheld his gift,
and today cannot but feel that he has
contributed toward the building of
There are men in Wichita who, when |
lead, may rest under a marble slab,
yhereon may be inscribed a name to
'escue him from forgetfulness. Yet this
monument will lily accomplish that end.
There are others who commenced to rear
monument the moment they became
itizens, and every public enterprise is an
ttest of their spirit and worth as men,
nd resume in after years OF the estab-
ishment of these enterprises Will be
geographic sketch of the men who built
Wichita.
We must work, still work, forever
york! We must give, still give, forever
i've, or become as ''Saint josef IN the
tate of Missionary" a negative instruc-
ion to "town builders" forever. There |
5 wholesome instruction in Sam Knaves
own to Wichita. saint josef Illus
rates the end of beginning, Kansas
lily the, beginning of an end yet distant.
Which? What shall the harvest be:
"Copies never succeed hence we must |
,e original in other methods and attain |
uccess by.means different from Kansas
lily. Our merchants should trade III
Kansas, or farther east than Kansas City. |
)ur motto should be kansas for Kan |
ans"
Future enterprises; 1 hope that Wichita
will before January 1st, 1893, be called |
lpon to aid some worthy enterprise |
which will be worth 100000 bonus to
Is, and if it is necessary to have a private |
Meeting to secure it, shall be glad to be
considered one of the representative
business men of Wichita.